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Ex-Barcelona ahead Asisat Oshoala is unfazed by Nigeria’s difficult group stage draw on the upcoming Olympic match, Soccernet.ng stories.
Randy Waldrum’s squad has been seeded in the identical group as 2023 Girls’s World Cup Champions Spain, in addition to Brazil and Japan, who’ve sturdy soccer histories.
Nonetheless, the Bay FC ahead identified that Nigeria beforehand confronted a equally powerful group within the final World Cup and excelled.
She believes the 11-time Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations champions can even carry out nicely on this group given the standard of the Nigerian facet.
“On the World Cup final 12 months, folks stated the identical factor,” she informed FIFA.com. “They stated we had been within the Group of Loss of life [with Australia, Canada, and the Republic of Ireland] and couldn’t qualify. However we did. I’ve a whole lot of confidence on this staff. Now we have many younger gamers and we are able to make issues troublesome for our opponents. We don’t simply take into consideration getting out of the group; I feel we are able to really stroll away with a medal.”
Nigeria’s Tremendous Falcons have certified for the Paris 2024 Olympics, marking their first look within the prestigious occasion in 16 years.
The staff clinched their spot after a hard-fought 1-0 mixture victory over South Africa’s Bayana Bayana in a tense two-legged encounter.
The ladies’s soccer match is about to kick off on July 25, a day earlier than the Olympic Video games’ opening ceremony, and can culminate with the ultimate in Paris on August 10.
Within the group stage, the highest two groups from every group will advance to the quarterfinals, joined by the 2 finest third-placed groups, making each match crucial.
Ayomide Oguntimehin
Ayomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports activities journalist and an Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a confirmed monitor report in conducting interviews with Tremendous Eagles stars resembling William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Vibrant Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and lots of others. He has additionally made a major affect in breaking switch information tales.
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